Ojoba Collective Shea Butter is high-grade, all natural, 100% pure, unrefined, unscented and 100% Fair Trade! Made in Ghana, West Africa by the Ojoba Women's Shea Cooperative, this is truly one of the finest and freshest butters out there!

Shea butter is made from the nuts of the fruit of the Karite, or Shea, tree which is native to West Africa. We work directly with 125 women in a poor subsistence-farming village in Northern Ghana. They process the shea butter in the same traditional method that they learned from their grandmothers, which is truly a labor of love. To learn more about the women of the Ojoba Women's Shea Cooperative, or the shea processing method, please click on the links above.

Shea butter has been used in West Africa for thousands of years as a skin moisturizer and healing salve for skin and hair. Not only is it naturally rich in unsaponifiables, which gives it superior moisturizing capabilities; but it is also naturally rich in vitamins A, E, and F, which are so important for skin healing and health.

Pure shea butter has excellent anti-aging, soothing, healing and moisturizing properties. It is hypo-allergenic, and can be used by infants and people with sensitive skin, and is appropriate for all skin types. Shea butter is used to treat dry, chapped skin; blemishes; wrinkles; minor cuts and burns; eczema, rosacea, and many other types of rashes; and even insect bites. Shea butter is also an excellent treatment for wind and sunburn, and helps to increase the suppleness and elasticity of the skin, making it a wonderful all-natural treatment for stretch marks. Shea butter may also be used as an intensive conditioning treatment for revitalizing dry, dull, or damaged hair.

Many shea butters on the market today are chemically refined and/or diluted with many inferior ingredients, or are old and of poor quality. All of this decreases, or even deprives, the shea butter of its intrinsic healing properties that make it such a superior skin product. We at Ojoba Collective take great pride in offering only unrefined, high-quality, traditionally processed shea butter. We guarantee that our butter is 100% pure and natural, fresh, and of the highest quality. This is truly a product that is good for the planet, good for poverty alleviation in West Africa, and good for your skin!!

"A friend turned me on to Ojoba Collective Shea butter after I commented how great her skin looked. I Love it! . . . I have shared this 'miracle' cream with all my friends - they are sold too!" -Connie, Portland, OR "I have been in and out of the dermatologist's office for over two years . . .In a fit of desperation, I rubbed a bit of your shea butter on my face and body, . . . not only is my dry skin gone, but my rosacea went away within a few days, and my complexion looks vibrant and healthy. It's amazing!" -Holly, San Francisco, CA "I love the Shea Butter! It seems to me my skin, most particularly on my face and throat is smoother and much softer. At age 77, that's saying a lot!" -Jaki, Happy Valley, OR